Attachment for telephones



Dec. 9, 1924- J. LEVY ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONES Filed June 13, 1923T'TORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

UNl'l'E STATS J'ENNIE LEVY, 0'15 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ATTACHIVIENT F612 TELEPHONES.

Application filed June 13,

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JENNIE LEVY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and use- Attachment for Telephones, of whichfollowing a specification.

a prior pat granted to me, i have disclosed a novel construction of asupport for a telephone receiver which is adapted to sustain the latterin a horizontal or inclined position in proximity to the transmitter andmy present invention comprises an attachment to the transmitter which isadaped to actuate the transmitter lever and hold it in the properposition d ing the conversation, the lever being nninually operated andfrictionally loclred in the desired icsitions, as will be hereafterexplained.

It further consists of novel eatures or construction and advantage aswill be hereinafter pointed out.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, l have shown in theaccompanying drawing a form thereof which is at present preferred by me,since this will be found in practice to give satisfactory and reliableresults, although it is to be understood that the variousinstrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variouslyarranged and organized and that my invention is notlimited to theprecise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities asherein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of an attachment for telephones,embodying my invention.

Figure 2 represents a side elevation of the transmitter showing thelever in section.

Figure 3 represents a plan view of my invention in detached position.

Figure 4: represents a section on line H of Figure 2.

Figure 5 represents, on an enlarged scale, an end view of the manuallyoperated lever and its adjuncts.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings.

1 designates the post or standard of a telephone transmitter to theupper portion of which I secure the clip 2 by any suitable means havingthe arm 3 to the upper por- 18353, Serial No. 645,020.

tion of which I pivot, at 4;, the lever 5 which has at one end thefinger piece 6 and at the other end the fork 7 which engages thetransmitter lever S of the usual construction. The arm 3 has the lateralextension 9 to which is secured the lower end of the spring member 10which has the holes 11 therein which frictionally contacts with the levr It will be understood that in the operation or my device, the receiver12 normally rests upon the stand 13 and when it is desired to tall; intothe transi'nitter, the operator presses down on the linger piece 6, sothat the parts assume the position seen dotted in Figure 2, the lever ofthe usual construction being raised the "spring mechanism of the usual 0When the conversation is ended, 5 is caused to assume the full linesagain, said lever in it proper position at all times its contact withthe bulged portion 11 t is spring 10.

My device is adapted for the use of per one whose hands or arms havebeen ampuated and it will be seen that the receiver at all timesnormally remains as seen in Figure 1 but the operator by the use of thestump of his missing hand can manipulatethe lever 5 and so control themovements of the standard transmitter lever 8.

My invention can be readily applied to standard transmitters by means ofthe clip 2, as is evident, and will be found to be cheap tomanufactureand efficient in its operation.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a new and useful attachmentfor telephones which embodies the ieatures of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement or" the invention and the above description,and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described apreferred embodiment thereof which will give in practice satisfactoryand reliable results, it is to be understood that such embodiment issusceptible of modification in various particulars without departingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

In a device of the character stated, a

clamp adapted to be secured to a, telephone With said operating lever toretain the same transmitter, an arm carried by said clamp, in either theoperative or inoperative posian operating lever pivotally secured tosaid tions.

arm and having a forked end engaging the JENNIE LEVY.

' circuit opening and closing lever of the Witnesses:

transmittinginstrument, and a spring cer- M. Doonn, ried by said arm inoperatlve alignment F. A. NEWTON.

